Chapter 521 - 257: The Great Universe Age
High in the sky, a swarm of Flying Beasts carried armed warriors from Great Shang, surging mightily toward the alien warships.
Behind them came countless Dharma Martial Artists from Great Shang, soaring through the air.
Faced with a common enemy, King Chonghou had unhesitatingly chosen to present a united front.
He had immediately dispatched elite troops to support the Central State.
If the Central State fell, Great Shang would not be spared. This alien invasion was no longer a matter for a single nation or region, but a crisis for the entire Blue Star.
It was even an issue for the entire Solar System.
"Brother Zhao, let’s see who can crush these ugly bugs first."
Mo Longteng, who had accompanied Zhao Rui, glanced at the arrogant and domineering mechanical behemoths in the distance and spoke aggressively, the long halberd in his hand emitting a low hum.
"Alright!"
Zhao Rui’s eyes sharpened. ’These alien invaders are the perfect test for my strength.’
Seeing Zhao Rui agree, Mo Longteng let out an excited roar. His body manifested a massive phantom of a Phoenix, and flapping its wings, he flew toward one of the giant bugs.
Its sharp claws tore through the air, piercing straight through the mechanical bug’s protective shield without any resistance and sinking into its steel body.
With a powerful wrench of its giant claws, it ripped a massive gash open on the bug’s back.
"TZZZT! TZZZT!"
A series of crackling explosions erupted from within the giant bug; its internal mechanisms were clearly damaged.
"Pathetic!"
Mo Longteng sneered and thrust his long halberd downward, preparing to tear the giant bug to pieces.
However, before his halberd could strike, the giant bug beneath him suddenly writhed and instantly broke apart into countless smaller, mechanical leeches that scattered in all directions.
Then, like a cloud of insects, they swarmed toward Mo Longteng.
Shocked, Mo Longteng beat the phoenix wings, stirring up a massive gale. He retreated rapidly, swinging his long halberd to create an impenetrable defense that sent the mechanical leeches flying.
The leeches scattered when struck, but in the next instant, they regrouped and attacked once more.
’This troublesome?’
Zhao Rui hadn’t expected the giant bugs to be so difficult to deal with. ’I thought their strong defense was their main feature, but I never imagined their mechanical structure would be this formidable.’
Zhao Rui hesitated no longer. A monstrous aura erupted from his body, so dense it seemed almost tangible.
His body swelled to the size of a mountain, and a single step covered several thousand meters.
"Sword, come!"
Zhao Rui beckoned with his right hand, and the Tribulation-Breaking Sword, which had already grown to a hundred meters in size behind him, shot into his grasp.
The longsword had been forged from ancient Exotic Beasts and Exotic Treasures, and its power was unparalleled.
When infused with True Qi, it could transform into a great dragon and soar through the heavens.
Zhao Rui swung his sword, and a blast of Dragon-shaped True Qi flashed out. Shaped like a crescent moon, it sliced horizontally toward the metal behemoth.
As the True Qi scraped across the metal behemoth’s protective shield, it produced a harsh grinding sound.
They remained locked in a stalemate for several breaths before the True Qi, unable to sustain itself, gradually dissipated.
However, the metal behemoth’s protective shield also flickered and dimmed for a moment, showing that it had not escaped unscathed.
Zhao Rui pressed his attack, swinging his longsword and relentlessly hacking at the giant bug.
The giant bug swayed its body, its scales bristling. Countless beams of light shot out from between the scales, carving arcs through the air as they flew toward Zhao Rui.
True Qi surged around Zhao Rui’s body as he fully activated his Domain force field. An endless Ice Cold Power instantly flared to life in a hundred-meter radius around him.
The beams of light were immediately blocked or frozen solid by this power.
It was as if time itself had stopped.
Zhao Rui’s figure flickered, and with a single flash step, he appeared on the giant bug’s back. His body suddenly expanded, swelling to a colossal thousand meters in height.
His hands transformed into sky-blotting palms that pressed down squarely on the giant bug’s back.
An abyssal cold, enough to freeze the very heavens and earth, spread rapidly from his palms across the bug’s back.
"CRACK! CRACK!"
The sound of cracking ice echoed continuously as the giant bug’s back was gradually covered in frost and snow. The creature, which had just been swaying, was now completely frozen, as if it had been left in the North Pole. In just a moment, it had become a hard, solid block of ice.
It lost all mobility before it even had a chance to break apart into smaller units.
With its power supply cut off, the giant bug fell like a block of ice, plummeting straight down from the sky. It accelerated in its freefall, emitting a sharp, piercing shriek.
If such a behemoth were to hit the ground, the impact would be no less devastating than a meteor strike.
Naturally, Zhao Rui would not let that happen. He flash-stepped back onto the giant bug’s back. His sky-blotting palms unleashed the Dragon-Slaying Palm Force, and several colossal dragons, each a thousand meters long, thundered out.
These dragons slammed into the giant bug’s body from all directions.
A series of thunderous booms shook the sky.
Struck by the Dragon-Slaying Palm Force, the giant bug exploded into clouds of ice shards.
The sky-filling ice shards were caught by a gust of wind at high altitude and simply vanished, ceasing to exist.
"This..."
"How can he be so strong?!"
The True Dharma Masters fighting the smaller warships nearby all froze, their eyes wide with utter disbelief.
’So a Martial Artist can reach this level of power!’
Zhao Rui’s incredible power had completely redefined their understanding of the Domain-level Martial Dao.
Passion burned in everyone’s hearts, and a surge of fighting spirit ignited within them. The fear and helplessness they had felt before the giant bug was now completely gone.
’It wasn’t that the Martial Dao was weak, but that our own Cultivation is still lacking!’
"Kill!"
Inspired by Zhao Rui’s breakthrough kill, everyone’s fighting spirit was rekindled. They executed their Techniques with newfound ease and precision, feeling completely unshackled.
"Damn, you kid!"